Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal.
A fundamental life history question is how individuals should allocate resources to reproduction optimally over time (reproductive allocation). The reproductive restraint hypothesis predicts that reproductive effort (RE; the allocation of resources to current reproduction) should peak at prime-age,...
Main Authors: | Tom H E Mason, Roberta Chirichella, Shane A Richards, Philip A Stephens, Stephen G Willis, Marco Apollonio |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3220718?pdf=render |
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